Tom Nichols game 3.
Geoff Berman — a writer originally from Atlanta,Georgia
Judy Paullus — a computer programmer from Newbury Park, California
Tom Nichols — a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $2,400 | $4,300 | $8,300 |
$7,500
3-day champion: $31,700 |
$8,100
29 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Judy | $-100 | $1,700 | $4,500 |
$100
3rd place: his & her Daniel Mink Wood Collection watches + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis + the Jeopardy! home game |
$5,000
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Geoff | $-800 | $-700 | $1,300 |
$2,300
2nd place: a trip to Miami, Florida & 7-day cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norway + the Jeopardy! home game |
$1,300
9 R, 4 W |
| THE 1970s | GAME SHOWS | ETIQUETTE | CREEPY CRAWLY THINGS | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | 8-LETTER WORDS |
|
$100
[6]
In 1978 the rate of this in Argentina was 169.8%, the world's highest
inflation
Tom
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$100
[11]
In 1989 Bob Eubanks divorced himself from this show, turning the hosting over to Paul Rodriguez
The Newlywed Game
Tom
|
$100
[16]
You shouldn't eat or smoke while this song is being played in a public place
the national anthem
Tom
|
$100
[18]
A sailor's superstition says that these creatures desert a ship they know will sink
rats
Tom
|
$100
[1]
This university near South Bend, Indiana is run by the Congregation of the Holy Cross
Notre Dame
Tom
|
$100
[26]
In this game one player bends over at the waist while another jumps over him
leapfrog
Geoff
|
|
$200
[7]
In June 1973 Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco replaced him as president of Spain's cabinet
Franco
Tom
|
$200
[12]
In 1972 Bob Barker hosted his 1st year on "The Price is Right" & his 16th year on this show
Truth or Consequences
Tom
|
$200
[17]
To cut in during a dance, a man should first do this to the chosen woman's current partner
touch his shoulder (tap him on the shoulder)
Tom
Geoff
|
$200
[19]
This creepy creature might be lug, inch or book
worm
Tom
|
$200
[2]
It's the oldest member of the Ivy League
Harvard
Tom
|
$200
[27]
A continuous track on which luggage is placed at the airport, or a merry-go-round
carousel
Tom
|
|
$300
[8]
In May 1976 Clarence Kelley apologized for its "clearly wrong and quite indefensible" activities
FBI
Geoff
|
$300
[13]
In titles, this word followed "You Don't" & preceded "When!"
Say
Tom
|
$300
[23]
A strolling musician in a restaurant shouldn't be tipped unless he does this
play a request
Tom
|
$300
[20]
These pre-moth creatures eat constantly
caterpillars
Geoff
|
$300
[3]
Victoria University of Wellington is one of the 6 universities run by this nation's government
New Zealand
Tom
|
$300
[28]
To drain cooked spaghetti, use this metal or plastic bowl with a perforated bottom
colander
Tom
|
|
$400
[9]
On Sept. 13, 1970 this future emperor closed the first World's Fair held in Asia
Akihito
Judy
|
$400
[14]
Rounds on this show included "Melody Roulette" & "Bid-A-Note"
Name That Tune
Tom
|
$400
[24]
At the bridal table, he sits to the bride's right
best man
Tom
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$400
[21]
Related to the snail, these gastropods climb trees & lower themselves back down on a mucous thread
slugs
Judy
|
$400
[4]
This European university's 3 oldest colleges are University, Balliol & Merton
Oxford
Tom
|
$400
[29]
The head of a state, or a mechanical device for maintaining uniform speed
governor
Judy
|
|
DD
$500
[10]
In 1979 Donald F. McHenry succeeded this man as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
Andrew Young
Judy
|
$500
[15]
On this show, Boris Karloff admitted to Garry Moore that he was afraid of mice
I've Got a Secret
Geoff
|
$500
[25]
Elizabeth Post says a thank-you note isn't necessary after a dinner party unless you were this
the guest of honor
Judy
Geoff
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$500
[22]
Trying to humanize these big kitchen bugs, model Paulina Porizkova co-wrote a kids' book about them
cockroaches
Judy
|
$500
[5]
In 1924 Trinity College of Durham, North Carolina changed its name to this
Duke
Tom
|
$500
[30]
An animal embodying a supernatural spirit that aids a witch
familiar
Tom
|
| THE OLD WEST | POLITICAL PARTY TIME | ARCHAEOLOGY | THE VIOLIN | WORLD CAPITALS | LITERATURE |
|
$200
[15]
Chief of scouts for the 5th Cavalry, he later had his own Wild West show
"Buffalo Bill" Cody
Tom
Geoff
|
$200
[2]
This party's manifesto was published in 1848
the Communist Party
Tom
|
$200
[20]
Discovered in 1922, this king's tomb also contained the remains of 2 infants, probably his children
Tut
Tom
|
$200
[27]
This folk term for a violin may come from the Latin vitulari, meaning "to skip like a calf"
a fiddle
Geoff
|
$200
[1]
Westminster, a borough of this capital city, was originally an island in the Thames marshes
London
Tom
|
$200
[5]
From his first Perry Mason novel in 1938 until his death in 1970, he wrote over 100 books
Erle Stanley Gardner
Geoff
|
|
$400
[16]
Before the Barlow Road was built, the last part of the Oregon Trail was a raft ride down this river
the Columbia
Judy
|
$400
[3]
The Italian constitution of January 1, 1948 ousted this party
Fascist
Tom
Geoff
|
$400
[21]
The discovery of these beginning in 1947 yielded fragments of all the Old Testament books except Esther
the Dead Sea Scrolls
Tom
|
$1,000
[26]
It's the term for plucking the strings rather than using a bow
pizzicato
Tom
|
$400
[10]
In 1956 Soviet troops invaded this Hungarian capital to stop a revolution
Budapest
Geoff
|
$400
[6]
In "Great Expectations", this spinster has been jilted on her wedding day by a Mr. Compeyson
Miss Havisham
Tom
Judy
|
|
$600
[17]
On April 21, 1881 he was turned over to Sheriff Pat Garrett, but he escaped April 28
Billy the Kid
Judy
|
$600
[4]
By 1983 this new West German environmental party had 27 seats
the Greens
Judy
|
$600
[22]
In the 1980s over 80 skeletons of people who apparently died during this event were discovered at Herculaneum
the eruption of Vesuvius
Geoff
|
— |
$600
[11]
To end the rivalry between Granada & Leon, it was chosen as Nicaragua's capital in the 1850s
Managua
Tom
|
$600
[7]
Clarence Day's follow-up to this 1935 work was titled "Life with Mother"
Life with Father
Judy
|
|
$800
[18]
English term for the person who looks after the horses; it may come from the Spanish "caballerango"
wrangler
Tom
|
$800
[12]
Shared party name of Moshe Dayan of Israel, Bob Hawke of Australia & Ramsay MacDonald of Britain
Labour
Tom
|
$800
[23]
Nicknamed "The Horse Emperor", 2 of his ships were raised from Italy's Lake Nemi in the 1920s
Caligula
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[14]
This South American capital was laid out in the shape of an airplane in the late 1950s
Brasilia
Tom
|
$800
[8]
Philip Nolan is the title character of this 1863 Edward Everett Hale story
The Man Without a Country
Geoff
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Leland Stanford & Thomas Durant took turns "driving" this May 10, 1869
the Golden Spike
Judy
|
$1,000
[13]
This Progressive Conservative leader represented Canada at the 1993 G-7 Conference
Kim Campbell
Tom
|
$1,000
[24]
In the 1960s the Leakey family found remains of this early human whose name means "Handy Man"
Homo habilis
Tom
|
— |
$1,000
[19]
Ships once paid a toll at Helsingor before proceeding to this capital 25 miles to the south
Copenhagen
Tom
|
$1,000
[9]
In 1930 this British novelist published a satire of literary life called "Cakes and Ale"
Somerset Maugham
|
As a declaration of faith, soldiers in this organization sign the Articles of War
the Salvation Army